Veteran Connections

Warrior Canine Connection

Join Our Corps

Are you a military veteran or family member? Interested in training service dogs for fellow veterans? Looking to make a difference in your community? Want to create positive connections with fellow veterans?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, we want to hear from you. We currently offer Warrior Canine Connection™ classes in Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Taos and NO experience is necessary … all you need is an honest drive to create positive change in yourself and the lives of others.

WCC teaches warriors how to train service dogs for other veterans with disabilities. The dogs are trained to provide mobility support and to offer constant, non-judgmental, healing companionship to minds and bodies ravaged by war.

WCC Current Classes

1 Dog : 1 Veteran

Meet Your Match

Veteran recipients of ADW dogs have served in Vietnam, the Persian Gulf, Iraq and Afghanistan. No matter your combat exposure or military branch we welcome all veteran applicants including family members. ADW places service dogs with veteran recipients requiring individual and family support for anxiety disorders, PTSD, mobility impairments, medical alert cases and more. ADW does not train dogs for people who are blind or have a visual impairment or for people who are deaf or who have a hearing impairment. Please review the application carefully. It contains all the information necessary to apply as a prospective client for an ADW dog.

We know you have many questions about this process, so check out our FAQs page to get started. Then you can review the Apply For a Dog online forms, email Liz with any questions, and submit your application. Once you have submitted the form, we will be in touch to set up an interview.

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We realized that through the dogs, we can communicate with each other. We started supporting each other.